Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2011-3224
The User Documentation component in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 uses http sessions for updates to App Store help information, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the http server.
EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
- Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)